When is a halibut too big to keep? Hot
Fishing June 3, 2017
By Lee Leschper A halibut pushing 400 pounds landed last week in Petersburg has raised a recurring question about releasing larger halibut. When is a halibut too big to keep? When should the fish of a lifetime be released instead of added to the fish box? The largest halibut... Read more
Good start to summer fishing season
Fishing June 3, 2017
It’s the first week in June and if you’re not fishing, you’re probably planning on fishing. Here are a couple of things to mull over while packing your gear. Whether by luck or design, he Kenai early king run is the strongest in several years. As of Thursday, almost... Read more
Fishing’s trickle before the flood
Fishing June 1, 2017
By Lee Leschper Call it a trickle. A trickle of early season fish that is, that could turn into a gusher any day. Most anywhere you’d consider fishing in Southcentral Alaska this week has shown a slowly increasing trickle of arriving salmon. From the Valley, south through Anchorage’s Ship... Read more
ADF&G’s commercial fishing division will launch an early June set net fishery south of the Kasilof, to pay for the July Cook Inlet sockeye test project. Bids for a processor to run the commercial fishery for the department were due this week. That set net fishery would be contracted... Read more
Editor’s Note: As we remember the sacrifices of American service men and women this weekend, we wanted to recognize one group who’s giving back to injured and disabled troops in Alaska. By Bob Pawlowksi Alaska offers a special opportunity for finding quiet tranquil places to fly fish for trout... Read more
Combat Fishing troops score on halibut
Fishing May 26, 2017
Despite threatening weather and bumpy seasons, Thursday’s Combat Fishing Tournament in Seward was a big success, on and off the water. The annual tournament is a joint effort of the Alaska Armed Services YMCA and the charter industry in Seward. This year 235 junior enlisted men and women fished... Read more
Copper River drifters keep fishing Thursday
Fishing May 24, 2017
The good season for Cordova commercial fishermen continues as ADF&G announced another fishing session for Copper River king salmon Thursday, May 25. The first two openings netted dramatically more king salmon than expected, especially given a dire run forecast of only 29,000 Copper River kings from ADF&G. And with... Read more
64-pound king leads Wrangell Derby
Fishing May 24, 2017
With the generally sad news and slow start to king salmon fishing statewide, it’s nice to have a little/big good news. Gary Smart, a Washington state angle, weighed in a 64.1 pound Chinook Wednesday morning to take the lead in the Wrangell Chamber of Commerce’s annual salmon derby. That’s... Read more
What’s ahead this week fishing
Fishing May 23, 2017
With a lot of pent up demand for the first fishing of the season, there’s a lot interest in when the fishing will get good. And it is still May, so for the most part we’re seeing the traditional pre-season or early season trend—the fish are still trickling in... Read more
Commercial fishermen will continue to harvest Copper River king salmon on Monday, despite a very low run forecast for the prized fish. During Friday’s first 12-hour commercial session, fishermen and biologists were shocked that more than 1,800 kings were netted. This is almost half of the 4,000 allocated to... Read more
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